It has been three years now since the Scottish salmon sector last held a Christmas reception at Holyrood.In December 2018, dozens of MSPs were there. There were at least four cabinet secretaries, a good smattering of junior ministers as well as special advisers, political editors and columnists, all eating, drinking, laughing and appreciating the positivityexuding from a sector with a good tale to tell.Since then, a combination of difficult election timing and Covid has put paid to all subsequent plans.Indeed, on the evening earmarked for our Scottish Parliament reception last month, the lights were off in the members' restaurant at the parliament, the staff were all at home and you could almost see the political equivalent of tumbleweed blowing through the corridors and hallways of parliament.
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